Asian Para Badminton C'ships: Paralympic champion Nitesh Kumar advances to final
Meanwhile, Tokyo Paralympic champion Krishna Nagar settled for the bronze medal in the men's SH6 category.
Nitesh Kumar advances to the men's singles SL3 final at the Asian Para Badminton Championships 2025. (Photo credit: Olympics)
Indian Para-shuttlers had a good outing in the semi-finals of the 2025 Asian Para-Badminton Championships, as six players reached the finals in their respective singles categories in Thailand on Saturday.
The Paris Paralympic Champion Nitesh Kumar (Men's Singles SL3) is among these six names who will fight for a coveted singles title at this continental championship, returning after a long gap of 9 years.
In addition, seven Indian pairs have also reached the final matches in the doubles category, which included two all-Indian finals in men's doubles SL3-SL4 and mixed doubles SL3-SU5.
However, a few of the top Indian names, like former Paralympic Champion Krishna Nagar and former world champion Manasi Joshi, failed to win their semi-final matches and settled for the bronze medal.
Krishna (MS SH6) lost a very close semi-final match to Thailand's Natthapong Meechai in three tight games, whereas Manasi bowed down to fellow Indian Madeep Kaur in the women's Singles SL3 semifinal.
However, Krishna pairing up with Nithya Sre Sivan has reached the final of the mixed doubles SH6 category with a straight-game win over the Thai Pair in the semifinals.
Nithya will now have two finals at the Championships, as she has also reached the women's singles SH6 final. On the other hand, she partnered with Rachana Patel to clinch a silver medal in the women's doubles SH6 category.
Alongside that, Indian shuttlers secured 26 more medals at the competition, with 13 players/pairs advancing to the finals on Sunday, while the remaining 13 settled for bronze medals.
List of Bronze Medalists:
Alphia James - Women's Singles WH2
Manasi Joshi - Women's Singles SL3
Thulasimathi Murugesan - Women's Singles SU5
Umesh Kumar - Men's Singles SL3
Naveen Sivakumar - Men's Singles SL4
Krishna Nagar - Men's Singles SH6
Alphia-Pallavi - Women's Doubles WH1-WH2
Mandeep-Manisha - Women's Doubles SL3-SU5
Prem Kumar-Abu Hubaida - Men's Doubles WH1-WH2
Ansari-Abhijeet - Men's Doubles SL3-SL4
Rajkumar-Chirag - Men's Doubles SU5
Krishna-Dhinagaran - Men's Doubles SH6
Chirag-Mandeep - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
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